Also, this is such a banger line both thinking about audiences and polling: "It is true, of course, that the public is only a useful fiction. No one has ever seen one in the wild."

"The books section of a newspaper plays an altogether different role. It does not cater to aficionados; it seeks new recruits."

Washington #Nationals president of baseball operations opened a video call with media bemoaning the loss of the Post sports department and ball writers Andrew Golden, Spencer Nusbaum, Chelsea Janes and Barry Svrluga, while noting the San Francisco Chronicle's role in shaping him as a youth.

NEW: Days after the Census Bureau proposes to include a US citizenship question on the 2026 Census Test, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who oversees the bureau, told Sen. @peters.senate.gov he's "not familiar" with the bureau's studies showing the question is likely to lower census participation

A pollster, or not

2/10 AM UPDATE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's staff layoffs additionally include: · Rosana Hughes, a bilingual breaking news reporter · Avery Newmark, a lifestyle & wellness journalist and media producer. Yes, every layoff we know so far is still a woman and/or a person of color.

A podcast episode not about polling that talks about how important it is to read polling methodology 💗💗💗💗

It’s 26° F and I can’t get over how warm it feels

lol at the U.S. skaters born 2000-2002 thoughts on the 1990s (music choices great though!!!!!)

NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...

Trump, who says he had "no idea" at the time that Epstein sexually molested girls, told the police in 2006 that "everyone has known he’s been doing this.” That's according to an FBI interview with the then-Palm Beach police chief. Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.

isn't it beautiful 😎

My 80-year-old mother tells me she loved the halftime show, thinks Bad Bunny is adorable, has been a fan of his for a while (!) and thinks his music is great. “How could you not love him?” She also liked the dancing a lot and was delighted by the people dressed as grass.

"it’s hard to find anything that Lewis did at the Post that could be hailed as successful or even innovative."

% of White evangelicals who are extremely/very confident that Donald Trump acts ethically in office 📉 55% in early 2025 40% in early 2026 www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

They said AI would take over human jobs, but this week we saw humans as coffee pots and tall grass, so take that AI

The Roper Center is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Mitofsky Award, which honors excellence in public opinion research Fill out form by April 6 to nominate someone (self-nominations welcome) Call here, including past awardees and 2026 submission form: ropercenter.cornell.edu/events/2026-...

Really lovely to hear that Politics & Prose is hosting a tribute to The Post's Book World with former Book World editors and contributors

Letters from children detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Love this

Haven't seen a sports-specific starter pack for Washington Post folks affected by recent layoffs so created one below - please show them your support and give a follow (let me know if I've missed anyone too!)

I’m such an athlete I almost fell off my walking pad watching a snowboarder on TV fall

Paige’s last story for us, now atop the homepage, shows what we lost. She could have done a quick hit on Oz telling Americans to delay retirement, but instead delivered a comprehensive piece rich in policy analysis, data, voices of real people and a rare non-TV interview with Oz wapo.st/4rHUCC6

A lot of great journalism takes time, support and money.

In the 80 years since, hundreds of those works have gone missing, were sold or destroyed. We found them. And found photos. They’re glorious.

👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country? What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished? What if I told you that I found them? A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):

Who doesn’t want to read about sports and international news?

The importance of art in communities 😭 @jacobbogage.bsky.social

Horrible

Whew, this new ending to the updated story

This is very true — any journalist can confirm that the most important stories often aren't the ones that get the most clicks — but it also bears endless repeating that Bezos isn't even succeeding by his own journalistically bankrupt metric! The Post has hemorrhaged readers because of his decisions!

Guys, he didn't get fired. He just joined the fourth newsroom.

Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”

An enormous loss for culture in our region

“this is still the equivalent of someone with a net worth of $500,000 finding themselves with a $240 credit-card charge”

The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.

My first paycheck came from The Post 26 years ago when I called in scores for the high school basketball team which I managed. $2 per game. When I got hired to work there for real in 2016, I proudly checked a box that I was already in the payroll system. The Post is so much of who we are here.

"Eugene Meyer’s seven principles still hang in the newsroom, I am told, but now they are more reproach than reminder. I hope that The Post’s current leaders stop by the display sometime, squint their eyes and take another look." - Carlos Lozada

Scoop: As Washington Post leadership laid off hundreds of staffers this week, exec editor Matt Murray blocked the paper’s media desk from covering the cuts, spiking a pre-written story despite internal lobbying www.status.news/p/ms-now-cro...

ICE’s ratings are even worse after Pretti’s shooting

the "personal life" section in Lindsey Vonn's wikipedia page really takes a turn (complimentary) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey...

Most Americans continue to hold negative views of the U.S. economy, as has been the case for the last six years. At the top of Americans’ economic concerns? The costs of health care and housing, as well as the price of food and consumer goods. www.pewresearch.org/...

Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:

Oh no. This was so useful!!!

Posties: Please send me your resumes. DM me for my email if you don't already have it.

They laid off Marty Weil who’d worked at the post for 60 years. We all loved him and sent him a huge box of letters to celebrate his anniversary.

the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.

The plus for today is that I finally learned how to spell devastated

ICE’s ratings are even worse after Pretti’s shooting